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Gut renovation vs. making space liveable.
Updated almost 11 years agoWe are buying the studio next to our one bedroom to make a 2 bedroom. We're getting all different kinds of advice from do a complete gut renovation right away and make... -
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2000 sq. feet gut Reno in Manhattan
Updated almost 11 years agoThinking of making an offer to buy a prewar in need of renovation: Lead painting removal and new painting, baseboard, molding New galley kitchen Three new small... -
Renovation
2000 sq. feet gut Reno in Manhattan
Updated almost 11 years agoThinking of making an offer to buy a prewar in need of renovation: Lead painting removal and new painting, baseboard, molding New galley kitchen Three new small... -
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REO Square Footage percentage % reduction?
Updated almost 11 years agoIs there a standard percentage % reduction to use when making an offer on an REO property? I'm looking at a REO in a coop w so-so financial history. The purchase would... -
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Installing wood floors myself - any tips?
Updated almost 11 years agoI have a walk-in closet in my apt where half of it was the same parquet floors that are in the rest of my apartment, and the other half was linoleum. I want to... -
Renovation
Co-op Fee for bathtub refinishing
Updated almost 11 years agoI'm planning to have an insured and licensed bathtub refinishing contractor to re-pain my 11 year old bathtub. The fee of service is $300 and the contractor also as me... -
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Code for placing a stove near a wall?
Updated almost 11 years agoI was told NYC code specifies a gas range/stove must be a certain distance from an interior wall -- it cannot be up against the wall. Does anyone know if this is true...